Jodie Stewart will be based at Orange but will provide support to patients, families and their carers throughout the western region.

She joins 13 other new nursing recruits throughout Australia who are part of the Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Service.

The service is an initiative of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA).

Western NSW Local Health District (LHD) director of allied health Richard Cheney said the new specialist nurse position would be an asset to the health district, prostate cancer patients and their families.

"We are very fortunate to have been successful in our application to the PCFA for funding for this position, as our district has a higher average of prostate cancer diagnosis than the rest of NSW," he said.

Ms Stewart had worked as an oncology nurse in Sydney before relocating to Millthorpe with her family three years ago, taking up a position at Central West Cancer Services at Orange Hospital.

For the first few months, Ms Stewart would undergo a service mapping process, consulting with managers, doctors and nurses across the health district to find out what services were available and what was needed in order to best serve the needs of men with prostate cancer and their carers.

Technology such as video-conferencing was an option to help service the large area that was the Western LHD, she said.

Ms Stewart, who was passionate about equity of access to health services, said she welcomed the opportunity to meet and support patients across the district once the service-mapping had taken place.

"It will be a different model to that of the McGrath breast care nurse one, for instance, there are more of those, but we will touch in with people at critical times," Ms Stewart said.

"It's also not just about dealing with people when they have been diagnosed but about the awareness and education that comes before that.

"Patients can refer themselves or their carers can call me."

Dubbo Prostate Cancer Support Group president John Allen welcomed Ms Stewart's appointment.

Mr Allen said while some men remained reluctant to talk about the condition, there was evidence the stigma attached to the condition was diminishing.

"I was up at Orana lodge today and three chaps who were around the snooker table were all talking about just having had their blood tests," he said.

Mr Allen said his wife was an ambassador for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia who had played a role in helping raise awareness.

"She's gone underground to talk to miners in Cobar and Broken Hill," he said.